September 5, 1908 



horticulture: 



321 



CYCLAMEN 



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 VCROP/ 



To obtain large flowering plants lor Thanks- 

 giving and Christmas 1909, seeds should be 

 sown now. For the florist, our Giant Cycla- 

 men is unsurpassed. 



I Giant Crimson, Giant Blood Red, Giant Salmon, Giant Pink, 



Giant Excelsior, ESTES Giant White, Giant Cherry Red, 



Picturatum, £*££ 



§ Price per 1000 seeds, $10.00; 100 seeds, $1.00. 



[ R. ®> J. Farquhar ®> Co. 



6 <& 7 So. Market St. 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



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ment attains an undue prominence, 

 equalled only by its cost. This criti- 

 cism applies only to exotic bedding 

 plants. Hardy perennial plants and 

 spring bulbs can be naturalized in the 

 grass and on the borders of shrubbery 

 in a natural and effective manner. 

 This style of gardening can be handled 

 by the district gardeners. If, however, 

 you have greenhouses and have exotic 

 bedding out to do, a competent plants- 

 man will be required for the head, 

 with a sufficient corps of gardeners. 



The barn foreman, by reason of his 

 close association with the teamsters, 

 I find to be the best head under which 

 to place street sprinkling for dust sup- 

 pression: otherwise, teamsters are sub- 

 ject to the gardener or foreman of the 

 district in which they may be at work. 



Old or partly disabled men can be 

 used for paper-picking or cleaning up, 

 under the charge of the district 

 gardeners. 



Road-making and road repairs re- 

 quire a special equipment, which it is 

 economy to keep steadily employed. 

 With regard to grading, I prefer to do 

 it with the park force. Park grading 

 is so simple, just so much material to 

 be moved, that it is more of the nature 

 of adapting surface conditions, which 

 cannot be sufficiently explained by 

 plans and specifications to enable one 

 to profit, yet much can be done by 

 intelligent foremen under proper direc- 

 tion. Road-making I have also found 

 to be more than compensated for in 

 quality, if a little more costly when 

 done by the park force. 



A repair department effects a saving 

 of time and money. This may include 

 carpenters, plumbers, blacksmiths, 

 painters, machinists and pipe-;fitters, 

 a harness-maker, a grinder, and a saw- 

 sharpener. These can all be under 

 one foreman. A little machinery and 

 power are also a great convenience. 



As to purchases, a good practice is 

 to have samples submitted with pro- 

 posals, and select for recommendation 

 to the board according to quality as 

 compared with prices, keeping the 

 samples for reference. All requisitions 

 for supplies should be referred to the 

 assistant superintendent, thence to the 

 general superintendent for approval. 



For convenience in entering into 

 the books, each foreman or gardener 

 in charge of men should make a daily 

 report of expenditures under the 

 proper account for labor, which foot- 

 ing should correspond with his time 

 book total for the same day. suitable 



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FINE 

 4-INCH 



POINSETTIAS 1 



$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000. 



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2 1-2 inch, nice, short stock, just right for Xmas pans, 

 $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



THE E. 6. HILL CO., Richmond, 



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blanks being furnished to each fore- 

 man for this purpose. 



Small parks or playgrounds do not 

 need the supervision of a foreman. 

 Worthy laborers can be appointed to 

 the charge with a slight increase of 

 pay; if more than one man is needed, 

 common laborers can be detailed to 

 assist. I find this plan to work very 

 well. 



For conducting the play or work in 

 children's play grounds we employ 

 women, preferably school teachers, as 

 they have better control over the chil- 

 dren. They are available for this work 

 each day after 4.15 P. M., and on Sat- 

 urdays; also each day from 9 A. M. 

 until 6 P. M. during school vacation. 



The gardeners and foremen in 

 charge of small gangs on mainte- 

 nance work should be furnished with 

 tool boxes on wheels for the ordinary 

 tools needed in this work. They 

 should also have portable sanitary 

 closets. These conveniences prevent 

 much loss of time. Foremen of con- 

 struction gangs should have portable 

 shanties, with cook stove and the at- 

 tendance of a boy before lunch time 

 to warm any food which may require 

 wanning. Little attentions of this 

 character are much appreciated by 

 the workmen. 



The care of materials and tools is 

 hard to regulate under any inexpen- 

 sive system; the simplest is to have 

 a general store house, in charge of a 

 storekeeper, who shall issue stores 

 only on the requisition of a foreman, 

 charging the issue to the signer of 

 the requisition. When stores are 

 given out to replace broken tools, the 

 broken tools should be handed in to 

 the storekeeper as evidence. The 

 storekeeper should be alert to investi- 

 gate any suspicious requisition. 



As to the number of men required 



for maintenance work, no estimate 

 can be given. So much depends upon 

 the quality of the work and the 

 amount of money available. Statis- 

 tics of the cost per acre for park 

 maintenance in various cities in the 

 United States show that the cost va- 

 ries from over seven hundred dollars 

 per acre to less than one hundred dol- 

 lars per acre. 



EVERGREENS 



Norway Spruce, 34, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7 ft. 

 White Spruce, 3-4, 4-5, and 5-6 ft. 

 Balsam Fir, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7 ft. 

 Concolor Fir, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8 ft. 

 White Pine, 4-5, 56 and 6-7 ft. 

 And 109 other varieties.— All Sizes. 



HERBACEOUS 

 PERENNIALS 



Phlox, Iris, Pa'Olliils, and nearly 

 icoo other species and varieties. 



Tell us your wants. Estimates cheer- 

 fully given. Ask for catalog. 



The New England Nurseries, Inc. 



BEDFORD, MASS. 



Gloire de Lorraine Begonia 



2 1/4 inch pots, $15.00 per 100 

 $140.00 per 1000 



Thomas Roland, 



Nahant, Mass. 



